The Holiday of Disobedience(1977)

Photodiary '87(ja)

I turned my gaze to the various events in daily life and made this filmic diary in a manner as if confessing my feelings. Of course, since I was making the film, I wanted to depict these feelings and events with tricky techniques. I used various methods to shoot photographs of a relative's wedding, the landscape I see from window of my house, commemorative travel photographs and the like frame-by-frame.

Listen To Me Sing(en)

In a bleak hillside hotel, strange events are afoot, as something surprising drifts in on the mist… In this gorgeously made stop motion Animator, a lonely performer falls in love with a walrus. But her dreams of singing success may prove hopeless, as the audience has other plans. A deeply surreal but profoundly heartfelt film about finding your inner voice.

The Little Tin Soldiers(fr)

With Jean-Baptiste at the front, Louise takes care of Bébé with the help of Uncle Pierre. The letters she receives from Jean-Baptiste worry her, but Pierre distracts Bébé with a box of tin soldiers. That night, Bébé has a dream of his soldiers vanquishing the enemy, and the next morning, Jean-Baptiste surprises the family by returning home.

Ayny(ar)

Two young boys run away from their mother’s protection and slack line on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they always dreamt to have.

The King and the Goblin(cs)

Wealthy but alone, a king spends his days obsessively polishing shiny objects throughout his opulent castle. After a visit from a puckish forest wizard, the king earns a blessing – or curse – that turns anything he touches to gold.

Hector the Pup(en)

Sherrif Hector the Pup hunts a bounty in the wild west.

Birdlime(en)

Birdlime is the name for a sticky substance spread on branches to trap wild birds. This touching lm follows the life of a bird caught in a cage, but who tries by all means to escape.

In a Nutshell(en)

Love, war, and the myriad state of humanity and the world condensed into a visual summation that's a treat for the eyes.

Crafty Witch(en)

After years of prosecuting and torturing innocent women, Hopkins (the self-proclaimed Witch Hunter General) is about to get his just desserts at the hands or rather the magical finger of Winny.

The Man from the West(en)

This early effort from Dutch prankster Sietske​ Tjallingii is a stop-motion miniature in which one mean hombre rides a 20th Century steed. Her later films would often feature the filmmaker herself as Bettie Page-inspired alter-ego "Miss T."

The Lion and the Song(cs)

A musician is playing his music to some animals, when a hungry lion shows up.

Mad God(en)

A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.

The Amphibian(en)

In a dark subterranean landscape, the Amphibian has lost its way.

Le complot de famille(fr)

A psychopathic husband tries to feed his nonexistent family.

Sirena(pt)

Abandon by her family for being different, Sirena lives alone and hopeless for a future. Until, when she least expects it, she will finally find her perfect match.

Speeding, of Course(fi)

70-year-old Timo makes the most of his short ride to work. Speeding up on a bicycle ends up in a ditch, but the adrenaline rush leaves a feeling of pleasure.

Spaceman Bruce in: The Temple of Oyche(nl)

The Sleeping Beauty(en)

A stop-motion adaptation of the ballet Sleeping Beauty, released onVHS by the BBC, together with three other adaptations, under the name 'Musical Tales' in 1988.

A Christmas Tale(uk)

On the eve of Christmas, the tears of the poor girl Marusia melted the cold and indifferent heart of the wealthy landlord. Based on the fairy tale “Tear” by the Ukrainian writer Marko Cheremshyna.

Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Missing Episode(en)

The opener (and only episode, later restored as a short) for an unfinished third series finds a group of detectives assembled in Paris, where they're bumped off in the manner of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians). Copyrighted in 1988, but unreleased until 2014, when it surfaced on The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson DVD. It was later included as a bonus feature on the 2017 Dick Spanner DVD set.